Note, William Ukers died on January 19, 1954, as evidenced by his obituary in the NYT and his gravestone pictured on the website findagrave.com. He is buried alongside his wife, Helen Degraff Ukers, to whom he dedicates this book. He also published a book, The Romance of Coffee, a simplified version of All About Coffee, in 1949. The 1945 date is likely a transposition error that appears to go back decades. Unfortunately, because The LOC uses this date, almost everyone else does too, including the magazine Ukers founded. More here--> https://theexchange.simplecast.com/episodes/1-all-about-coffee-page-by-page-biography-background-and-frontmatter

The illustrations for this book are present. The color illustrations aren't great but at least they're present.